The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-02-10
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
The Atlanta Campaign.

The Atlanta Campaign.
Charles +. Kimmel, - High street, Dayton,
/ O., thinks it is high time to "let up" on the
| capture of De Gress's battery. He says no one
can successfully dispute the claim OF the Goth
/ ILL., and in support of this declaration he gives
the official report of Col. J. j. Philips COM
manding Second Brigade, Second Division Six
teenth Corps.
James X. Wallace, Co. X. 9sth H., Altamont,
] H., referring to "Carletons" statement that
division Of the Twenty third Corps first crossed
the Chattahoochee at the Roswell factory, says
! that the Second Cavalry Division, commanded
! by Gen. Garrard, composed of the brigades oil
Col. Eli Long and Gen. Wilder's Mounted Int,
burned the factory on the 9th of July, 1861,
drove the rebel pckets from the river, forded
| the stream and formed their lines on the other
bank They were relieved at night by diyis.
ion Of infantry. In regard TO the planting OF
the first flag in Chattanooga he says Wilder
| Brigade crossed the Tennessee River few
miles above Chattanooga on Sept. s, 1863 and
could have planted dag in the city at that
time, but there was q sour-wine brewery be-
tween where they were aud the city, and that
was considered of more Importance by the boys
than the planting of a flag in Chattanooga or
anywhere else. To say that they ransacked
the brewery very feebly expresses it,
Geo. w. Eddy, Captain, 53d Ohio, Jasper, o.,
writes of the part taken b. his regiment in the
battle of Atlanta, July p, 1864. lie says his
regiment retook from the rebels DeGresss and
one other battery, with large number of
prisoners. lie has no doubt that other regi-
ments assisted in that charge, but he says he
saw four times as many of the ODD Ohio as OF
any other regiment
IL. H. Kindig, Sergeant. Co. II, 10Th Mich,
Fulton, Mich, says that COmrade Snider aud
Others mistaken in regard to the l9th
Mich. in the charge upon the fort ut Resaca.
1 lIa fba tod
the charge, and lost Ia killed and GO wounded,
including the Colonel.
George T. Gowing, Co. f, 10th Ohio, Sulphur
Springs, o., writes briefly of the very conspic-
uous services Of the 10th Ohio in the Army OF
the Cumberland. He says the regiment was
actively engaged at New Hope Church, losing
more than half its number He says the
brigade had little need for bugles, as the lungs
of Gen. Bill Gibson were sufficient for all pur-
poses.
Jonathan Lewellen, Co. C, sd Ind, Linden
Ind, would like TO read a sketch of the servi
ccs Of the Second Brigade, Third Division
Twentieth Corps, which was composed of the
SD and S5th Ind, 10Th Mich, 22d Wis, and
was first to enter Atlanta.
ii. o. Martin Battery A, list Ohio l.. A.
Akron, Ohio, referring TO the question of Com
rade Doyle, Fleming, Mo-, says he thinks II
was his battery that Gen. Thomas had in the
works on the hill above the bridge at Peach
Tree Creek. The battery belonged TO Newtons
Second Division, Fourth Corps 1t did very
effective work during the engagement.
James Taylor, Co. l., Sd Ohio Cav, Millbury
o., refers 10 Kilpatrick's raid around Atlanta,
and would like 10 hear from any Of the com
rades who participated in it.
VIM. Stahl, Ithaca, Mich, says that the bat
ties of New Hope Church and Picketts Mills
may, as Comrade Bird says, be the same, bu
the fight that Willich's Brigade was in wa
] H. ha
brigade was not engaged on the 25th, but wa
very badly cut up on the 9th, one of its regi
ments. the 49th Ohio, losing 207 killed, wound
ed and missing out of Alb who went in.
The Guntown Picnic
Chas w. Shaw, Co. A. SD Ind, Blooming
ton, Ind, sends brief account Of the part hi
regiment took in the Guntown expedition. III,
belonged TO the First Brigade, First Division
Sixteenth Corps commanded by Col. Mcmillan
, Of the I'D Ohio, composed Of the I'D and 95tl
Ohio, SD Ind, Hath ILL.,, aud 9th MINI. HI
thinks the expedition was very badly managed
: or il would not have resulted so disastrously.
L. II. Norris Sergeant, Co. f. 95th Ill.
Marengo, ILL.,, sends a sketch of the serv
ices of his regiment in the Guntown ex
petition. The Colonel of the regiment
I. W. Humphrey, was MORALLY wounded
in the fight. He was succeeded in the com
? mand Of the regiment by Capt. +. n. Bush, Co
VI, VINO also leii Odpt
VIM. Stewart, Of Co. 4, took command. In
few moments he was shot through the thigh
, and the regiment was taken from the field b,
Capt. Skellinger, of Co. X. The 95th was yer,
, badly cut up, losing heavily in killed ant
wounded and in many prisoners.
Robt. Cowden, Lieutenant, Battery i, LIST Ill
: J.. A., and Lieutenant Colonel, 59th u. S. C. T.
; Bird City, Kans., referring TO the request O
: Comrade Boyington for a history of the Gun
! town expedition, says he has given very ful
history of that unfortunate trip in the histor
! | of the seth u. S. G. T., written and publishe
: by him. He says his command formed the rear
: guard of the advancing column and that por
: tion the 55th u. S. G. I. covered the retreat o
: the disorganiZed army. He would like the nd
|, dress of Comrade Boyington, and would ais
! like the name and address, if he is living, {
the wounded Illinois soldier who so generousl
= exchanged with him his place in the ambu
: lance just after leaving Ripley, Miss, on Jun
! III, for the writer's place in the saddle, whic
!, he was no longer able TO occupy. Col. Cowde
: thinks he was saved from capture and deaf
: by this kind act.
5 Petersburg.
: Miles w. Buck, Co X, 5Oth Pa, Tyrone, Pa
thinks that the first entry into Petersburg wa
o made by the I'd or Goth Mich, Goth Ohio or 9
Q Conn. He is not certain which, but he think
il il was the Connecticut boys
v Hiram Oldroyd, Co. b, Goth n. ", Thompson
10 vile, Conn, says that among the many VII
20 have criticized his communication in regard
l. the first entry into Petersburg, none exceI
70 Comrade Hanover have even attempted to Civ
re any proof that his statement was incorrec
70 He says that he did not make the claim for Oh
N purpose of getting any glory, but simply as
* historical fact Hequo.es from the order issue
d by Gen. Coils from his headquarters at Cit
1t Point, April z, 1865, and also from lett,
he written by Brig. Gen. M. r. Patrick Proves
G. Marshal General, Army of the Potomac, bot
er of which state that the Goth n. Y. was the fir
re 10 plant its colors above the captured city
nc Petersburg. A citation from the regiment
~ history corroborates this Comrade Oldroy
r. gives an extract from letter just receive
th from Gen. Coils, dated New York, Jan. /
1887, which says: Long before daylight he.
morning, April 3, my brigade was in line
battle and slowly pushing on 10 Petersbur
b. and We would have been there before but 4
at the risk feared Of being fired into by OF
or own army, who would not recognize us i'm Il
or dark. When dawn appeared we were far
ag advance Of all other troops and general ru
ms was made 10 outstrip US in the race TO the cit
ut But always believed that my brigade was Il
first TO occupy the town."
d. NJ Tickle, Co. A, Goth Ohio, Somerset, Kar
ne says that COmrade Bolton is badly "of"
ch saying that the Massachusetts cavalrymen e
nd tered Petersburg "A hours before the Goth Obi
he The writer does not claim that the Goth w
ID, the first regiment 10 enter the city, but he do
tn say and is prepared 10 maintain that the IL
nd of the Goth Ohio was the second 10 wave oy
its the city on the morning of April 3, 1865